GTA series producer/writer/voice artist Dan Houser had an interview with The Times London newspaper about the next GTA game. To quote the article: “There’s a Western game in the works for next spring (Red Dead Redemption), and the next GTA to think of. ‘We’ll think of a city first, then the characters,’ says Houser. The script he will end up co-writing will run to around 1,000 pages, nearly ten times as much as a feature film.”

On the 20th episode of GameTrailers' Pachter said, “I actually think they already have a story in mind. GTA V is already in the planning stage and my guess is you’ll see the next GTA game by the fall of 2010, the Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City instruction manual hints that the franchise will be moving away from Liberty City in the future.